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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Wanja say she has come to tell Munira?

2. Who mutilated Munira's father?

3. What does Wanja ask Munira to do?

4. What does Wanja drink in Munira' s house?

5. Who is Wanja reunited with in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1970's Kenya.

1) Why was development and change such an issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think Kenya was going through a transitional phase in the Seventies? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) How much has Kenya changed since the Seventies?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Trans Africa Road and why was it built? How does the Trans Africa Road affect the local community? Do the students think the villagers will lose anything important in their lives by having such a road?

Essay Topic 3

Who are the KCO and how influential has the KCO been in Kenya? What are Thiog'o views of the KCO? How does he express his views in the novel?

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